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I only stutter when I speak to people, when I am alone and talk to myself, I don’t stutter at all and can speak well

I only stutter when I speak to people, when I am alone and talk to myself, I don’t stutter at all and can speak well [removed]...

There are people out there who genuinely seem to own their stutter. I am sadly not in that boat, not even in the same waters....

The real one is the one you present to the world. The other one is imagined. Literally. We become the person we pretend to be. If you're hardly saying anything and feeling embarrassed, you're becomi...

I feel like I have a completely different personality between myself and my “stuttering” self

I feel like I have a completely different personality between myself and my “stuttering” self My stuttering self is the one I present to the real world. I hardly say anything, because I hate embarrass...

I've had a breakthrough

I've had a breakthrough I've recently had a breakthrough with my fluency by deploying a new strategy. I want to share that strategy in the hopes it might work for you too. I discovered it by accident....

The more time, attention and nerves you devote to your stuttering, the worse it gets, it's a paradox. Try to be less reflective about it. Yes, it's awful, but you have to live with it. This should bec...

Based on my experience, OVERT is better than COVERT. Yes, it is a "shift in mindset" and takes courage. You can try it first at some random, not at your regular company. Better first tell them jokingl...

Do you find it easy to open up about stuttering?

Do you find it easy to open up about stuttering? Want to understand people’s take on opening up about stuttering. Is it something that you find easy to talk about or is it an insecurity / vulnerabilit...

My stutter got worse when I went to uni. The anxiety feels like air pumping into an already full balloon. I was afraid to talk to my friends about it. I was afraid people would know that I stutter (lo...

I'd say go for the acting - but, big warning: it'll be hard. During my drama school training my stutter was severe, and I had a major lisp. When I came out of drama school I was what [Stamma call a '...

I agree with you. Moreover, I think that combining our experience and insider knowledge of this terrible malady can if not solve the problem, then contribute to its resolve. Now about “blocks.” Block...

I've been in 3 long term relationships( currently engaged) and several casual dating situations, and my stutter has never been a problem when the interest was already there. My lack of communication ...

YES! this was instrumental for me as well. We start to feel like we can't take up space and we have to make ourselves as small as possible. But the truth is, if you listen to other people speak, they ...

Tips to overcome Stutter

Tips to overcome Stutter • Take pauses between words • Keep toung down • Use hands • Light contacts: consonant letters: don't make a hard contact with lips in sound B or P, no hard contacts with toung...

Yes...but I couldn't articulate that. One of the side effects of my stutter has been that I lose my train of thought when I get conscious of my stutter. Started taking SSRI last year and honestly, it ...

It's not all that grim. Don't worry, I stutter (ed) the same way. Don't place to much weight on speech therapists. You have to take a moment to slow down and "feel" the block that is arising (for me i...

"I didn't even notice!"

"I didn't even notice!" Hi everyone, I've been stuttering since I was 7, and began speech therapy a few years ago in my early 30s. My stuttering has become drastically more manageable, to the poin...

Oh, wow, that's interesting -- a speech therapist who doesn't seriously deal with self acceptance maybe causing an overt stutterer to become a covert one. I'd never thought about that, but I think it...

There's a growing movement of stutterers accepting their stutter and not trying to hide it. It involves acceptance and faith in your ability to communicate despite your stutter. Practice eye contact w...

Makes perfect sense. Yes, being self conscious helps in more ways than one. & like you said, it really reduces the "stream of negativity" which occurs in a stutterer's mind. Sometimes the speech b...